This document summarizes a seminar report on cruise control devices presented by Aditya Kumar for a Bachelor of Technology degree. It discusses the principles and components of adaptive cruise control systems, which use sensors like LIDAR and radar to detect the distance and speed of preceding vehicles and control throttle and braking accordingly. Stop-and-go cruise control is described for congested traffic, while cooperative adaptive cruise control involves vehicles communicating with each other. The report provides details on LIDAR and pulse-Doppler radar operation and antenna schemes used in sensors. It concludes by addressing advantages and challenges of adaptive cruise control technologies.
Adaptive cruise control (ACC) provides assistance to the driver in the task of longitudinal control of their vehicle during motorway driving within limited acceleration ranges. The system controls the accelerator, engine powertrain and vehicle brakes to maintain a desired time-gap to the vehicle ahead.
Adaptive cruise control (ACC) provides assistance to the driver in the task of longitudinal control of their vehicle during motorway driving within limited acceleration ranges. The system controls the accelerator, engine powertrain and vehicle brakes to maintain a desired time-gap to the vehicle ahead.
Among the recent advancements in car safety technologies, the adaptive cruise control feature is one of the most important and useful. It greatly minimizes the pressure of the driver as it helps to control the speed of the car and maintains a safe distance from other cars to avoid a crash. But still, this adaptive control should not be used in bad weather conditions and in tunnels as they might not work efficiently. So, if you want to know all about the adaptive cruise control system in your car, then give some time to watch the following slide show.
An autonomous vehicle is a kind of vehicle which can drive itself to the destination without any human
conduction. This is also known as driverless vehicle, self-driving vehicle or robot vehicle. Autonomous
vehicles require the combination of various sensors to detect their surroundings and interpret the
information to identify the appropriate navigation path and the obstacles in the way.
Modern vehicles provide some autonomous features like speed controls, emergency braking or keeping
the vehicle into the lane. Here, differences remain between a fully autonomous vehicle on one hand
and driver assistance technologies on the other hand.
Advanced driver assistance systems are designed to increase car safety more generally road safety.
Basically Advanced driver assists(ADS) systems helps the driver in the driving process and enables safe, relaxed driving. It makes sense to get your new car with driver assist features if you find it at a reasonable price as it helps you drive easily and safely in everyday use.
Under this topic i have described about the autonomous cars, on which worlds top automobile and tech giants are working like google, ford, BMW, audi etc.
Among the recent advancements in car safety technologies, the adaptive cruise control feature is one of the most important and useful. It greatly minimizes the pressure of the driver as it helps to control the speed of the car and maintains a safe distance from other cars to avoid a crash. But still, this adaptive control should not be used in bad weather conditions and in tunnels as they might not work efficiently. So, if you want to know all about the adaptive cruise control system in your car, then give some time to watch the following slide show.
An autonomous vehicle is a kind of vehicle which can drive itself to the destination without any human
conduction. This is also known as driverless vehicle, self-driving vehicle or robot vehicle. Autonomous
vehicles require the combination of various sensors to detect their surroundings and interpret the
information to identify the appropriate navigation path and the obstacles in the way.
Modern vehicles provide some autonomous features like speed controls, emergency braking or keeping
the vehicle into the lane. Here, differences remain between a fully autonomous vehicle on one hand
and driver assistance technologies on the other hand.
Advanced driver assistance systems are designed to increase car safety more generally road safety.
Basically Advanced driver assists(ADS) systems helps the driver in the driving process and enables safe, relaxed driving. It makes sense to get your new car with driver assist features if you find it at a reasonable price as it helps you drive easily and safely in everyday use.
Under this topic i have described about the autonomous cars, on which worlds top automobile and tech giants are working like google, ford, BMW, audi etc.
This is the seminar report of my presentation
Link for the pressentaion file is
http://www.slideshare.net/arjunrtvm/3d-printing-additive-manufacturing-with-awesome-animations-and-special-effects
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1. SEMINAR REPORT
On
CRUISE CONTROL DEVICES
Submitted by
ADITYA KUMAR
in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree
of
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
in
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY,
COCHIN – 682022
OCTOBER 2008
2. DIVISION OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY,
KOCHI – 682022
Certificate
This is to certify that the seminar report entitled “CRUISE CONTROL
DEVICES” submitted by ADITYA KUMAR, semester VII, in partial
fulfillment of the requirement of the award of B-Tech degree in Computer
Science and Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology, is a
bonafide record of the seminar presented by him during the academic year
2008.
.
Mr. Vinod Kumar PP
Seminar Guide
Place: Kochi
Date:
Mr. David Peter S
Head of the Department
3. Acknowledgement
At the outset, we thank God almighty for making our endeavor a success. We also express
our gratitude to Mr. David Peter S, Head of the Department for providing us with adequate
facilities, ways and means by which we were able to complete this seminar.
We express our sincere gratitude to our seminar Guide Mr. Vinod kumar PP, Senior
Lecturer, Computer Engineering Division for his constant support and valuable suggestions
without which the successful completion of this seminar would not have been possible.
We express our immense pleasure and thankfulness to all the teachers and staff of the
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, CUSAT for their cooperation and
support.
Last but not the least, we thank all others, and especially our classmates and our family
members who in one way or another helped us in the successful completion of this work.
ADITYA KUMAR
4. CONTENTS
2.
INTRODUCTION
PRINCIPLE OF ACC
2.1 PRINCIPLE OF ACC
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2.2 CONSTITUENTS OF AN ACC SYSTEM
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3. SENSOR OPTIONS
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3.1 LIDAR
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3.2 RADAR
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3.2.1 PULSE DOPPLER RADAR
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3.2.2 EFFECT OF DOPPLER SHIFT
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3.2.3 RADAR ANTENNA SCHEMES
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3.3 FUSION SENSOR
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4. SPACE OF MANEUVERABILITY AND STOPPING DISTANCE:
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5. CONTROLLER
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5.1ARTIFICIAL COGNITION
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5.2. EXAMPLE OF ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROLLER
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6. CO OPERATIVE ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL [CACC]
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6.1. MAIN POSTULATIONS ABOUT CACC
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7. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
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8. CONCLUSION
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9. REFERENCE
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5. SL NO
List of Figures
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Images
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Range estimation Using FMCW-LIDAR
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Block diagram of pulse Doppler radar
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Parabolic reflector antenna
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Phased array elements
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A prototype of a car with fusion sensor arrangement
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Block diagram of sensing and controlling process
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Detection of vehicle edges by the fusion sensor
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Flow diagram of controlling process
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Motorola ACC
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Electronically tied vehicles
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6. Abstract
The concept of assisting driver in the task of longitudinal vehicle control is
known as cruise control. Starting from the cruise control devices of the seventies and eighties,
now the technology has reached cooperative adaptive cruise control. This paper will address the
basic concept of adaptive cruise control and the requirement to realize its improved versions
including stop and go adaptive cruise control and cooperative adaptive cruise control. The
conventional cruise control was capable only to maintain a set speed by accelerating or
decelerating the vehicle. Adaptive cruise control devices are capable of assisting the driver to
keep a safe distance from the preceding vehicle by controlling the engine throttle and brake
according to the sensor data about the vehicle. Most of the systems
use RADAR as the
sensor .a few use LIDAR also. Controller includes the digital signal processing modules and
microcontroller chips specially designed for actuating throttle and brake. The stop and go cruise
control is for the slow and congested traffic of the cities where the traffic may be frequently
stopped. Cooperative controllers are not yet released but postulations are already there. This
paper includes a brief theory of pulse Doppler radar and FM-CW LIDAR used as sensors and
the basic concept of the controller.
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INTRODUCTION
Everyday the media brings us the horrible news on road accidents. Once a report said
that the damaged property and other costs may equal 3 % of the world’s gross domestic
product. The concept of assisting driver in longitudinal vehicle control to avoid collisions has
been a major
focal point of research at many automobile companies and research
organizations. The idea of driver assistance was started with the ‘cruise control devices’ first
appeared in 1970’s in USA. When switched on, this device takes up the task of accelerating or
braking to maintain a constant speed. But it could not consider the other vehicles on the road.
An ‘Adaptive Cruise Control’ (ACC) system developed as the next generation assisted the
driver to keep a safe distance from the vehicle in front. Conventional cruise control was capable
only to maintain a set speed by accelerating or decelerating the vehicle. Adaptive cruise control
devices are capable of assisting the driver to keep a safe distance from the preceding vehicle by
controlling the engine throttle and brake according to the sensor data about the vehicle. This
system is now available only in some luxury cars like Mercedes S-class, Jaguar and Volvo
trucks the U.S. Department of transportation and Japan’s ACAHSR have started developing
‘Intelligent Vehicles’ that can communicate with each other with the help of a system called
‘ Co-operative Adaptive Cruise Control’ .this paper addresses the concept of Adaptive Cruise
and its improved version.
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2. ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL (ACC)
2.1 PRINCIPLE OF ACC
ACC works by detecting the distance and speed of the vehicles ahead by using either a
Lidar system or a Radar system .The time taken by the transmission and reception is the key of
the distance measurement while the shift in frequency of the reflected beam by Doppler Effect is
measured to know the speed. According to this, the brake and throttle controls are done to keep
the vehicle the vehicle in a safe position with respect to the other. These systems are
characterized by a moderately low level of brake and throttle authority.
Adaptive cruise control devices are capable of assisting the driver to keep a safe distance from
the preceding vehicle by controlling the engine throttle and brake according to the sensor data
about the vehicle. Most of the systems
use RADAR as the sensor .a few use LIDAR also.
Controller includes the digital signal processing modules and microcontroller chips specially
designed for actuating throttle and brake. These are predominantly designed for highway
applications with rather homogenous traffic behavior. The second generation of ACC is the Stop
and Go Cruise Control (SACC) whose objective is to offer the customer longitudinal support on
cruise control at lower speeds down to zero velocity. The SACC can help a driver in situations
where all lanes are occupied by vehicles or where it is not possible to set a constant speed or in a
frequently stopped and congested traffic. There is a clear distinction between ACC and SACC
with respect to stationary targets. The ACC philosophy is that it will be operated in well
structured roads with an orderly traffic flow with speed of vehicles around 40km/hour. While
SACC system should be able to deal with stationary targets because within its area of operation
the system will encounter such objects very frequently.
2.2 CONSTITUENTS OF AN ACC SYSTEM:
1. A sensor (LIDAR or RADAR) usually kept behind the grill of the vehicle to obtain the
information regarding the vehicle ahead. The relevant target data may be velocity, distance,
angular position and lateral acceleration.
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3. SENSOR OPTIONS:
Currently four means of object detection are technically feasible and applicable in a vehicle
environment. They are
RADAR
LIDAR
FUSION SENSORS
3.1 LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging)
3.1.1 Lidar is an optical remote sensing technology that measures properties of scattered light to
find range and/or other information of a distant target. The prevalent method to determine
distance to an object or surface is to use laser pulses. Like the similar radar technology, which
uses radio waves instead of light, the range to an object is determined by measuring the time
delay between transmission of a pulse and detection of the reflected signal. LIDAR
The first acc system introduced by Toyota used this method. By measuring the beat frequency
difference between a Frequency Modulated Continuous light Wave (FMCW) and its reflection.
There are several major components to a lidar system:
3.1.2Laser — 600-1000 nm lasers are most common for non-scientific applications. They are
inexpensive but since they can be focused and easily absorbed by the eye the maximum power is
limited by the need to make them eye-safe. Eye-safety is often a requirement for most
applications. A common alternative 1550 nm lasers are eye-safe at much higher power levels
since this wavelength is not focussed by the eye, but the detector technology is less advanced and
so these wavelengths are generally used at longer ranges and lower accuracies. They are also
used for military applications as 1550 nm is not visible in night vision goggles unlike the shorter
1000 nm infrared laser. Airborne topographic mapping lidars generally use 1064 nm diode
pumped YAG lasers, while bathymetric systems generally use 532 nm frequency doubled diode
pumped YAG lasers because 532 nm penetrates water with much much less attenuation than
does 1064 nm. Laser settings include the laser repetition rate (which controls the data collection
speed). Pulse length is generally an attribute of the laser cavity length, the number of passes
required through the gain material (YAG, YLF, etc.), and Q-switch speed. Better target
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resolution is achieved with shorter pulses, provided the Lidar receiver detectors and electronics
have sufficient bandwidth.
3.1.3Scanner and optics— How fast images can be developed is also affected by the speed at
which it can be scanned into the system. There are several options to scan the azimuth and
elevation, including dual oscillating plane mirrors, a combination with a polygon mirror, a dual
axis scanner. Optic choices affect the angular resolution and range that can be detected. A hole
mirror or a beam splitter are options to collect a return signal.
3.1.4Receiver and receiver electronics — Receivers are made out of several materials. Two
common ones are Si and InGaAs. They are made in either PIN diode or Avalanche photodiode
configurations. The sensitivity of the receiver is another parameter that has to be balanced in a
LIDAR design.
Fig 1.Range estimation using FMCW-LIDAR
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A company named Vorad Technologies has developed a system which measured up to one
hundred meters. A low powered, high frequency modulated laser diode was used to generate the
light signal.
Most of the current acc systems are based on 77GHz RADAR sensors. The RADAR systems
have the great advantage that the relative velocity can be measured directly, and the
performance is not affected by heavy rain and fog. LIDAR system is of low cost and provides
good angular resolution although these weather conditions restrict its use within a 30 to 40
meters range.
3.2 RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging):
RADAR is an electromagnetic system for the detection and location of reflecting objects like air
crafts, ships, space crafts or vehicles. It is operated by radiating energy into space and detecting
the echo signal reflected from an object (target) the reflected energy is not only indicative of the
presence but on comparison with the transmitted signal, other information of the target can be
obtained. The currently used ‘Pulse Doppler RADAR’ uses the principle of ‘Doppler effect’ in
determining the velocity of the target.
3.2.1 PULSE DOPPLER RADAR:
The block diagram of pulse Doppler radar is as shown in figure.2.The continuous wave
oscillator produces the signal to be transmitted and it is pulse modulated and power amplified.
The ‘duplexer’ is a switching device which is fast-acting to switch the single antenna from
transmitter to receiver and back. The duplexer is a gas-discharge device called TR-switch. The
high power pulse from transmitter causes the device to breakdown and to protect the receiver.
On reception, duplexer directs the echo signal to the receiver. The detector demodulates the
received signal and the Doppler filter removes the noise and outputs the frequency shift ‘fd’.
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Fig3.2.1. Block diagram of pulse Doppler radar
3.2.2 EFFECT OF DOPPLER SHIFT:
The transmitter generates a continuous sinusoidal oscillation at frequency ‘ft’which is then
radiated by the antenna. On reflection by a moving object, the transmitted signal is shifted by
the Doppler Effect by ‘fd’.
to the target is ‘ If the range R’, total number of wavelength is ‘λ’ in the two way- path is given
by,
n = 2R/ λ
The phase change corresponding to each λ =2π
So total phase change, p=2n П
=2(2R/ λ) π
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So, if target moves, ‘R’ changes and hence ‘φ’ also changes.
Now, the rate of change of phase, or the ‘angular frequency’ is
W=dφ/dt =4 π (df/dt)/ λ
Let Vr be the linear velocity, called as ‘radial velocity’
WD = 4 πVr/ λ =2πfd.
Fd=2Vr / λ
But λ = ft, the transmitted velocity.
Fd= (2c Vr)/ ft
So by measuring the shift, Vr is found. The ‘plus’ sign indicates that the target and the
transmitter are closing in. i.e. if the target is near, the echoed signal will have larger frequency.
3.2.3 RADAR ANTENNA SCHEMES:
Radar systems employ a variety of sensing and processing methods to determine the position
and speed of vehicles ahead. Two such important schemes are:
1. mechanically steered antenna
2. electronically steered antenna
1. Mechanically steered antenna:
A parabolic reflector is used as mechanically steered antenna. The parabolic surface is
illuminated by the source of energy placed at the focus of the parabola. Rotating about
its
axis, a circular parabola is formed. A symmetrical beam can be thus obtained. The rays
originating from focus are reflected parallel to the axis of parabola. [Fig (3.2.3).]
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Fig 3.2.3.Parabolic reflector antenna
1. Electronically steered phased array radar antenna
A phased array is a directive antenna made up of a number of individual antennas, or radiating
elements. The radiation pattern is determined by the amplitude and phase of current at each of
its elements. It has the advantage of being able to have its beam electronically steered in angles
by changing phase of current at each element. The beam of a large fixed phased array antenna is
therefore can be rapidly steered from one direction to another without mechanical positioning
Consider the following figure with ‘N elements placed (equally separated) with a distance‘d’
apart. Suppose they have uniform response to signals from all directions. Element ‘1’ is taken as
reference with zero phase.
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Fig 3.2.3.. Phased array elements (example: reception of the beams)
From simple geometry, we can get difference between path lengths of beam1 and that of beam2
is x = d sinθ, where ‘θ’ is the angle of incidence of the beams. This gives phase difference
between adjacent elements as Φ= 2π (d sinθ)/ λ, where ‘λ’ is the wave length of the signal. But
if the current through a ferro electric element is changed, the dielectric constant ‘ε’ is changed
since electron density is changed, and for an electromagnetic radiation,
Φ = 2πx /
=2πxf/v,
here the velocity v
=fλ
= 1/ (√μ ε)
Hence Φ=2πxf (√μ ε).
So if ‘ε’ is changed ‘Φ’ also changes and inserting ‘N’ phase shifting elements to steer the
beam, we can obtain an electronically steered beam. Regardless of the scanning mechanism the
radars typically operate in the millimeter wave region at 76-77 GHz.The system should be
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mounted inside the front grille of the car as shown in figure. So its size is to be small. Typical
radar produced by Delphi-Delco Electronic systems is having the size of two stacked paper
back books (14x7x10 cm).
3.3 FUSION SENSOR
The new sensor system introduced by Fujitsu Ten Ltd. and Honda through their PATH program
includes millimeter wave radar linked to a 640x480 pixel stereo camera with a 40 degree
viewing angle. These two parts work together to track the car from the non-moving objects.
While RADAR target is the car’s rear bumper, the stereo camera is constantly captures all
objects in its field of view.
Figg3.3 A prototype of a car with fusion sensor arrangement
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Fig 3.3.Block diagram of sensing and controlling process
Fig 3.3.Block diagram of sensing and controlling process
The image processor measures the distances to the objects through triangulation method. This
method includes an algorithm based on the detection of the vertical edges and distance.
Incorporating both the 16-degree field of view of radar and 40-degree field of view of camera
enhances the performance in tight curves.
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4. SPACE OF MANEUVERABILITY AND STOPPING DISTANCE
The space of maneuverability is the space required by the driver to maneuver a vehicle.
An average driver uses larger sideways acceleration while vehicle speed is low. If the curve
radius of a possible trajectory is ‘r’ for a given velocity ‘v’ and sideways acceleration ‘ay’ ,then
r=
/ ay [2].so to get the required ‘r’ ,when ‘v’ is low, ‘ay’ is also to be low correspondingly.
The stopping distance is given by, Ds = .5 u /ax + td u, where ‘u’ is the initial speed ‘td’ is the
time taken by the system to receive and process the sensor data and ‘ax’ is the acceleration of
the vehicle .the figure shows the detection of edges of the preceding vehicles.
Fig 4.Detection of vehicle edges by the fusion sensor
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5. CONTROLLER
The controller translates the situation into appropriate actions through brake and
pedal and throttle control actions. Depending on the present traffic situation, two types of
controls are possible.
1. Speed control
2. Headway control
If there is no vehicle presently in front, then the speed is controlled about a set point just as in
conventional cruise control. But in order to keep a safe distance between the vehicle s, the
headway control is required.
5.1 ARTIFICIAL COGNITION
The conversion of raw information from sensors to control actions by the two steps:1. Analyzing the traffic conditions
2. Deciding on a particular situation
The controller translates the desired situation into appropriate control action through brake and
throttle actuation. The controller concept is simplified in the flow-diagram:
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Fig 8.Flow diagram of controlling proces
5.2EXAMPLE OF ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROLLER (MOTOROLA ACC)
The Motorola ACC constitutes a DSP module having MGT5200 which provides a multiplyaccumulator. The sensor data such as Radar information, that from camera and an IR sensor are
processed in it, to generate the input data for the controller modules like HC12 and MPC565.
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Fig5.2. Motorola ACC
5.2.1 MPC565
It is a throttle controller or an engine speed controller. It consists of the following features
1. SRAM (1MB to10 MB)
2. FLASH 1MB
3. EEPROM (4KB to 32 KB)
4. Real time clock
5. 4 x UART interfaces
6. 3 X CAN interfaces
7. 64-bit floating point unit.
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The MPC 565 can be programmed to generate the control signals according to the sensor data.
‘The Phycore-MPC 565 developers’ are available to program and develop the desired controller.
The throttle valve is actuated and the air intake is controlled so the requirement of fuel for the
right proportion with the air also increases. So more fuel is injected and engine speed is
changed.
5.2.2 HC12
68HC12 has 2 8-bit accumulators A and B (referred to as a single 16-bit accumulator, D, when
A & B are cascaded so as to allow for operations involving 16 bits), 2 16-bit registers X and Y,
a 16-bit program counter, a 16-bit stack pointer and an 8 bit condition code register..
The 68HC12 (6812 or HC12 for short)
is a 16-bit microcontroller family from freescale
semiconductor. Originally introduced in the mid 1990s, the architecture isThe HC12 is a
breaking controller which receives data from the wheel speed sensors and from the DSP module.
It generates the braking control signal.
5.2.3 CAN (Control Area Network) BUS
CAN BUS is the network established between microcontrollers. It is a2-wire, half-duplex, high
speed network for high speed high speed applications with short messages. It can theoretically
link up to 2032 devices on a network. But today the practical limit is 110 devices. It offers high
speed communication rate up to 1Mbits per second and allows real time control. .
Each module in the ACC connected to the CAN is called ‘a node’. All are acting as transceivers.
The CAN bus carries data to and from all nodes and provides quicker control transfer to each
module.The actuator used for throttle control is a solenoid actuator. The signal through the coil
can push or pull the plunger
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6. COOPERATIVE ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL [CACC]
Though conventional ACC and SACC are still expensive novelties, the next generation
called Cooperative ACC is already being tested. While ACC can respond to the difference
between its own behavior and that of the preceding vehicle, the CACC system allows the
vehicles to communicate and to work together to avoid collision.
Partners of Advanced Transit Highways (PATH) –a program of California Department of
Transportation and University of California with
companies like Honda conducted an
experiment in which three test vehicles used a communication protocol in which the lead car
can broadcast information about its speed, acceleration ,breaking capacity to the rest of the
groups in every 20ms.
PATH is dedicated to develop systems that allow cars to set up platoons of vehicles in which the
cars communicate with each other by exchanging signals using protocols like Bluetooth.
6.1 MAIN POSTULATIONS ABOUT CACC:
1. In CACC mode, the preceding vehicles can communicate actively with the following s
Vehicle So that their speed can be coordinated with each other.
2.
Because communication is quicker, more reliable and responsive compared to autonomous
sensing as in ACC.
3.
Because braking rates, breaking capacity and other important information about the
vehicles can be exchanged, safer and closer vehicle traffic is possible.
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Figg6 .Under CACC, both the leading and following vehicles are electronically “tied” to a
virtual reference vehicle, as well as to each other.
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7. ADVANTAGES
1. The driver is relieved from the task of careful acceleration, deceleration and braking in
congested traffics.
2. A highly responsive traffic system that adjusts itself to avoid accidents can be developed.
3. Since the breaking and acceleration are done in a systematic way, the fuel efficiency of the
vehicle is increased.
DISADVANTAGES
1. A cheap version is not yet realized.
2. A high market penetration is required if a society of intelligent vehicles is to be formed.
3. Encourages the driver to become careless. It can lead to severe accidents if the system is
malfunctioning.
4. The ACC systems yet evolved enable vehicles to cooperate with the other vehicles and
hence do not respond directly to the traffic signals.
5. A highly responsive traffic system that adjusts itself to avoid accidents can be develop
6. Since the breaking and acceleration are done in a systematic way, the fuel efficiency of the
vehicle is
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8. CONCLUSION
The accidents caused by automobiles are injuring lakhs of people every year. The safety
measures starting from air bags and seat belts have now reached to ACC, SACC and CACC
systems. The researchers of Intelligent Vehicles Initiative in USA and the Ertico program of
Europe are working on technologies that may ultimately lead to vehicles that are wrapped in a
cocoon of sensors with a 360 –degree view of their surroundings. It will probably take decades,
but car accidents may eventually become as rare as plane accidents are now, even though the
road laws will have to be changed, upto an extent since the non-human part of the vehicle
controlling will become predominant.
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9. REFERENCES
1. Willie D. Jones, “Keeping cars from crashing.” , IEEE Spectrum September 2001.
2. P.Venhovens, K. Naab and B. Adiprasto, “Stop And Go Cruise Control”, International
Journal of Automotive Technology, Vol.1, No.2, 2000.
3. Martin D. Adams, “Co axial range Measurement-Current trends for Mobile robotic
Applications”, IEEE Sensors journal, Vol.2, no.1 Feb.2002.
4. http:// path.Berkeley.edu
5. Merril I.Skolnik, “Introduction to RADAR Systems.”Tata Mc Grawhill edition 2001.
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